Photo: R.M. Stitson (Sunset, Edwardes Lake, Reservoir, Vic.)
This is the home page of RMS Illustrated...
It's a site designed to reflect and display my freelance writing interests, ranging from comic strip stories, short fiction, education study guides for schools - and some of my photo-snapping activities.
NOTICE CONCERNING THE OWNAINDI WEBSITE:
For some years I have been directing potential customers of my self-published comics to the OWNAINDI site, a site displaying Australian independently-created comics, where postal mail orders and digital downloads of the comics, plus my manual on Proofreading Comics for Indies, could be made.
Unfortunately OWNAINDI IS NO LONGER IN OPERATION. Sadly, the owner of the site has had to close it down.
HOW TO PURCHASE MY SELF-PUBLISHED COMICS: contact me by email, I'll send you purchasing details. Payment will either be through PayPal or EFT - your choice. You may reach me at this website's email address, which is also available on the Contact page: "info@rmsed.com.au"
I am slowly reorganising this website, including adding information and descriptions about each comic, plus prices and purchasing buttons etc - all of which were on my shop page at Ownaindi. But it may take awhile.
If you are on Facebook, keep a lookout for my postings on the comics, especially my new, forthcoming 156-page, full colour book, THE COLLECTED LITTLE HORRORS (see the front cover page, immediately below). This book will contain newly-coloured versions of TIME FAULT and CUT DOWN, plus all three short stories in THREE LITTLE HORRORS which, until now, has only been available for digital download. The book will also contain a section titled, WRITER'S NOTES, some personal comments, with illustrated material, about each story.
Thanks!
Roger
22 July 2026
COMING VERY SOON!
IN FULL COLOUR, 156 PAGES, LARGE PAPERBACK BOOK STYLE
(See brief description of contents above)
NOW AVAILABLE! THREE LITTLE HORRORS, a comic book in 36 pages (incl cover). Full colour throughout. Front cover displayed below. Three short stories in "twilight zone" mode, with a varied mix of black comedy, melodrama, tragedy, and mild horror. Downloadable PDF version available for purchase.
ORDER ONLINE FROM THIS SITE
ALSO AVAILABLE:
TIME FAULT - A FAMILY TRAGEDY, a comic book in 52 pages (incl cover). Melodrama, time travel, trauma, guilt, obsession - a story set from mid-1890s to 1927. Inner pages in black and white, cover in full colour (front cover displayed below). Both hard copy and downloadable PDF version are available for purchase.
PROOFREADING COMICS: a manual for indie comic book creators, a PDF booklet in 60 pages (incl cover), written for those who are creating their own comic books. Downloadable on purchase.
TALES OF THE BLUE SAGE, a comedy-western and retro-SF comic strip story in 44 pages (plus cover), written by myself and illustrated by Dave Dye! Available in hard copy and digital (PDF) versions. A pic from the opening chapter is shown below.
AND...! A short, 12-page adventure story I scripted back in early 2018 is also available. It appears as a back-up tale, included in the final edition of a four-part series titled, The Wrath of the Cursed, written and illustrated by Matt Kyme. The title of my story is Remembrance Day, 1938, illustrated by Matt himself. Matt has written and drawn Phantom stories for FREW. His first just about sold out in newsagencies throughout Australia on the day of release - see FREW's The Phantom, edition #1850.
FREE DOWNLOAD! An education-based study guide on our 32-page comic book, CUT DOWN, is available for teachers and students. See CUT DOWN listed under "Site News". CUT DOWN: black comedy, the Twilight Zone, and a splattering of horror... Available NOW! Below is a sample panel from the comic book.
Below are links to a range of features on this website - also available from the top menu and sub-menus:
* Tales of the Blue Sage - a 48-page comic book,
* Cut Down - a 36-page comic book,
* Proofreading Comics: a manual for the indie comic book creator - a 60-page PDF booklet,
* Photography - samples of my own work, mainly cropped and sized,
* Film Study Guides for schools,
* Text Talk items - first published in The Age newspaper,
* Australian Federation-era current affairs cartoons on CD-ROM,
* The Electric Chronicle - true newspaper stories from the early 20th century,
* A short fiction story titled A Republic Serial in 12 Chapters,
* Popular Stories Illustrated, a 52-page sample short story magazine.
R.M. Stitson; ABN: 50 870 627 939
Web page(s) updated 22 July, 2026.